hello all! as some of you may know, i have been working on a sweater recently. while doing the colorwork, i noticed that sometimes there are spots where the other color peeks through like this
I don’t think that I would be of much help seeing as I’ve never made a sweater, but good luck!
I would work over the yarns in the back so they are not like that. As for the colors showing through, maybe a smaller hook? Or (kinda) hold the extra color in the back or inside of the stitch.
i cant use a smaller hook as I’ve already made the back panel and they won’t fit together if i switch. also wouldn’t working over the yarn have it show through on the other side?
usually, i just move the stitch a little when it’s done lol, like move it with my fingers lol
ah that makes sense
Maybe. But, crochet does that sometimes. Don’t worry. I’m sure it will look great.
What I like to do is stitch over the unused color every few stitches, so it won’t show through the front and you’re less likely to get snagged on it
I dont have a fix for the color showing through, as far as I know thats just a fact of this kind of colorwork.
Regarding the carried yarn. I like to do something similar to the method used for fairisle knitting. Basically you catch the unused color at the back of the stitch every 3 or 4 stitches. It is less visible than working around the unused color continuously, but bc you catch the strand regularly it isnt as easy to get things caught in the unused color.
Basically, every 4th stitch lay the unused color over the hook before making your stitch as usual. This is easier to do on right side rows, but can be done on wrong side as well.
I think we might demonstrate this in our beignet video https://youtu.be/F12JENlMrXw
I apologize in advance that you have to wade through it to fin that section. Otherwise you can probably find it googling something like “stranding in crochet”.
Hope that helps!
I usually do a magic knot type thing so that I don’t need to weave in ends or worry about that, but it also takes a little longer to make :/
That white peeking through is because of the colour change in the previous row. For that particular spot, you could get rid of it by finishing that last red stitch with just red (instead of pulling through white) and make the next stitch with white. So the white stitch would end up with the top horizontal loops red, and the bottom of the stitch white. Then when you work the red stitch into it in the following row, it will have red underneath instead of that white.
As for the strands, I usually just work over them. If it’s showing through too much, I make my first yarn over (after inserting the hook through the stitch) around the strand but not the last one.
So for a hdc that would be:
Yarn over, insert hook through st, yarn over and pull through around strand, move strand out of the way, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops.
The yarns will end up a bit twisted, though.
Hope this helps!
I unfortunately also have the same problem. Is it because of the way I change colour or is it because of my yarn?
